ideogramSep 13, 2025

In case you haven't heard, Nepal had a revolution this week. The youth got sick of the corruption and the final straw was banning most social media. They came out on the street, burnt down a bunch of institutions and the prime ministers home.
Politicians had to evacuate cling onto helicopter ropes.
The army took charge.
Gen Z used discord to vote on who to elected a female ex chief justice as prime Minister.

Let me know if I missed something.

Show threadJzeroSep 13, 2025
@ideogram I haven't been able to reach my friends in the country to get an on-the-ground take from someone I trust, but I will say this after watching a lot of video yesterday: this doesn't feel right to me at all. I was in the country when the King abdicated and I remember well those massive protests - they drew from all parts of society, and from both genders - and they were protests. What is going on now looks entirely different. I'm only seeing young men (of the "street tuff" variety).
Show threadJzeroSep 13, 2025
@ideogram And there is a long history in Nepal of using female politicians as, basically, fronts for their husbands. I was quite surprised by the number of women in political power given the patriarchal nature of the society until I had a couple of friends explain it to me. Nepalis all seemed to understand that any woman in power was simply there to take the heat for her husband while allowing him to have the power. And I'm highly skeptical of a discord vote to name a PM, to say the least.
Show threadJzeroSep 13, 2025

@ideogram I've been present for parliamentary elections in Nepal. The parties are all represented by pictures and many people signed-in at the polling station with a thumb-print - i.e. there is a lot of illiteracy in the country - so holding a vote online at all is undemocratic, much less on discord.

Like I said, I'm waiting for an on-the-ground take from my friends, but this does not look right to me at all.

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@GuerillaOntologist
Thanks.
Sep 13, 2025 at 8:06pmWeb